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The rule of law in the modern European context: A critical note (2013)
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Platsas, A. E. (2013). The rule of law in the modern European context: A critical note. Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice, 2013(2), 333-337

The Rule of Law as a concept in contemporary Europe is not one which has the exact same connotations as the connotations which the concept used to have decades ago. It grew to become a significantly wider concept than traditionally perceived. Its val... Read More about The rule of law in the modern European context: A critical note.

Workplace partnership and professional workers: 'about as useful as a chocolate teapot'? (2013)
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Danford, A., Durbin, S., Richardson, M., Stewart, P., & Tailby, S. (2014). Workplace partnership and professional workers: 'about as useful as a chocolate teapot'?. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25(6), 879-894. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2013.852606

The labour processes and employment relations that characterise the working conditions of many professional workers might be expected to generate the high-trust environment required for cooperative, partnership-style management-union relations. Howev... Read More about Workplace partnership and professional workers: 'about as useful as a chocolate teapot'?.

To confiscate or not to confiscate? A comparative analysis of the confiscation of the proceeds of crime legislation in the United States of America and the United Kingdom (2013)
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Ryder, N. (2013). To confiscate or not to confiscate? A comparative analysis of the confiscation of the proceeds of crime legislation in the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Journal of Business Law, 8, 767-798

The origins of the international community’s policy and legislative measures towards confiscating the proceeds of crime can be traced back to the instigation of the ‘War on Drugs’. The scope and remit of these confiscation powers were extended follo... Read More about To confiscate or not to confiscate? A comparative analysis of the confiscation of the proceeds of crime legislation in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

The exploitation of offshore financial centres: Banking confidentiality and money laundering (2013)
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Young, M. A. (2013). The exploitation of offshore financial centres: Banking confidentiality and money laundering. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 16(3), 198-208. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMLC-01-2013-0004

© 2013, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. PurposeThe paper aims to highlight the relationship between money laundering and banking confidentiality in offshore financial centres – particularly following the recent publicity and BBC expose surrounding... Read More about The exploitation of offshore financial centres: Banking confidentiality and money laundering.

Cyber economic crime and commonwealth laws (2013)
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Chambers-Jones, C. (2013). Cyber economic crime and commonwealth laws. International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, 6(1-2), 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIPM.2013.053451

The aim of this paper is to discuss the legal issues affecting commonwealth countries in terms of virtual/cyber financial crime. Virtual financial crime or cyber financial crime is where acts of fraud money laundering, etc., take place over the inter... Read More about Cyber economic crime and commonwealth laws.

The common law clean up of the 'workshop of the world': More realism about nuisance law's historic environmental achievements (2013)
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Pontin, B. (2013). The common law clean up of the 'workshop of the world': More realism about nuisance law's historic environmental achievements. Journal of Law and Society, 40(2), 173-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2013.00619.x

This article examines the environmental benefits arising from compliance with common law nuisance injunctions during the British industrial revolution. It argues, based on the outcomes of industrial nuisance actions involving allegations of serious a... Read More about The common law clean up of the 'workshop of the world': More realism about nuisance law's historic environmental achievements.

The counter-terrorism provisions of the protection of freedoms Act 2012: Preventing misuse or a case of smoke and mirrors? (2013)
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Cape, E. (2013). The counter-terrorism provisions of the protection of freedoms Act 2012: Preventing misuse or a case of smoke and mirrors?. Criminal Law Review -London-, 2013(4), 385-399

The article examines the provisions of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 dealing with the maximum length of detention without trial in terrorism cases, and stop and search under the Terrorism Act 2000. It considers whether the government's objectiv... Read More about The counter-terrorism provisions of the protection of freedoms Act 2012: Preventing misuse or a case of smoke and mirrors?.

The carrot or the stick: Finding a balance in the regulatory conundrum (2013)
Journal Article
Hillman, H. (2013). The carrot or the stick: Finding a balance in the regulatory conundrum. Financial Regulation International,

The financial crisis has attracted comment from a wide variety of academics; Niall Ferguson is one such example, a historian commenting on a legal issue. Ferguson called for the jailing of bankers in his Reith lecturers for Radio 4 in 2012; such a me... Read More about The carrot or the stick: Finding a balance in the regulatory conundrum.

The "quiet revolution" in criminal defence: How the zealous advocate slipped into the shadow (2013)
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Smith, T. (2013). The "quiet revolution" in criminal defence: How the zealous advocate slipped into the shadow. International Journal of the Legal Profession, 20(1), 111-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/09695958.2013.835906

The criminal defence lawyer has been an integral component of adversarial criminal justice in England and Wales for nearly three centuries. However, over the last two decades this essential role has changed substantially, affected by a changing cultu... Read More about The "quiet revolution" in criminal defence: How the zealous advocate slipped into the shadow.

A drop in the ocean: Why record breaking fines are ineffective (2013)
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Hillman, H. (2013). A drop in the ocean: Why record breaking fines are ineffective. International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry, 6(4), 222-231. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLSE.2013.060841

In the continuing fallout from the LIBOR scandal, this paper seeks to compare the responses of the UK and the USA. Additionally, the potential for future action is discussed, assessing the options for each jurisdiction. The well documented fines are... Read More about A drop in the ocean: Why record breaking fines are ineffective.

Neuroscientific evidence: A criminal justice dream or an adversarial nightmare? (2013)
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Johnston, E., & Jasinski, D. (2013). Neuroscientific evidence: A criminal justice dream or an adversarial nightmare?. International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry, 6(4), 193-205. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLSE.2013.060843

This exploratory paper seeks to examine the use of neuroscientific evidence in the criminal trial process. Such evidence is not currently employed in the pre-trial or trial stages in England and Wales. However, the first use of polygraph lie detector... Read More about Neuroscientific evidence: A criminal justice dream or an adversarial nightmare?.

Showing they care, but about what? Does corporate social responsibility show companies have a nice side or that they are merely adapting to suit their environment? (2013)
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Hillman, H. (2013). Showing they care, but about what? Does corporate social responsibility show companies have a nice side or that they are merely adapting to suit their environment?. International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry, 6(1/2/3), 156-167. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLSE.2013.057757

This paper takes Unilever as an example of a multi-national corporation (MNC) and considers the environment it exists within. Specific attention is paid to the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR); a definition is sought and reasons for i... Read More about Showing they care, but about what? Does corporate social responsibility show companies have a nice side or that they are merely adapting to suit their environment?.

Rape, Defendant Anonymity and Evidence-Based Policy Making (2013)
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Fenton, R. A., Rumney, P. N., Rumney, P., & Fenton, R. A. (2013). Rape, Defendant Anonymity and Evidence-Based Policy Making. Modern Law Review, 76(1), 109-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12004

In 2010, the Coalition government announced in its Programme for Government, that: 'We will extend anonymity in rape cases to defendants.' The question of anonymity for defendants accused of rape and other sexual offences, has been repeatedly raised... Read More about Rape, Defendant Anonymity and Evidence-Based Policy Making.

The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012: The retention and use of biometric data provisions (2013)
Journal Article
Cape, E. (2013). The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012: The retention and use of biometric data provisions. Criminal Law Review -London-, 2013(1), 23-37

The article examines the retention and use of biometric data provisions of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, in the context of the expansion of police powers to take biometric samples, the adverse ECtHR decision in S and Marper v UK, and the New L... Read More about The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012: The retention and use of biometric data provisions.

Town mouse and country mouse: A fable for the twenty-first century (2013)
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Pontin, B., & Smith, M. C. (2013). Town mouse and country mouse: A fable for the twenty-first century. Environmental Law and Management, 24(5), 223-224

An editorial article crticially examining an Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee decision concerning wind farms servicing towns and cities at the expense of rural landscapes from the pespectrive of a fable of Aesop.